It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not. — Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not. — Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not. — Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not. — Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not. — Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
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It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.

— Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus
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